Emma Tenayuca renowned civil rights and labor leader.
Terry Ybañez painted a mural in honor of Emma Tenayuca in 1995.
(This mural is on one wall of this building, the other three sides are
covered with another mural. Click here
for that mural.)
Detail views, click on image for larger view.
April 11, 2005
Emma Tenayuca was a courageous labor activist and
educator
Can you imagine being so grounded in your convictions that by the age of
16 you are arrested for joining a picket line? Such was the life of Emma
Tenayuca, a native of San Antonio's West Side born in 1916. She was a
descendant of one of the original Spanish families to settle in San
Antonio.
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May 13, 2009
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